06.08.2011

By Rick Manning – Americans are dissatisfied and frustrated with their government because our elected representatives seem unwilling to do what is in the obvious best interest of the nation. In Washington, D.C. last week we saw the same tired dance that has led us to this […]
06.07.2011

By Willie Soon and Paul Driessen – The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued 946 pages of new rules, requiring that U.S. power plants sharply reduce (already low) emissions of mercury and 83 other air pollutants. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson claims that, while the regulations will […]
06.07.2011

By William Warren – Today’s cartoon looks at the debt crisis which is spreading from Europe to the U.S..
06.07.2011

By Bill Wilson – Eyebrows were raised on June 3 when it was reported that China is divesting itself of shorter-term U.S. treasuries . According to U.S. Treasury data, China’s holdings of short-term bills have dropped from $210 billion in May 2009 to $5.6 billion in March 2011 , a 97 percent decrease. Pundits have assured us the Chinese wouldn’t do this. Don’t worry about a run on the dollar, the conventional wisdom advised, it’s not in China’s interests […]
06.06.2011

By Kevin Mooney — Although trial lawyers frequently have the upper hand in litigation built around environmental charges, they are taking a beating at the hands of Chevron Corp., which has been on a roll in U.S. federal courts. Through its U.S. discovery efforts, the […]
06.06.2011

By Victor Morawski – Responding recently to the Senate’s rejection of the Paul Ryan Budget Plan, Sen. Harry Reid propounded two myths regarding ObamaCare Medicare savings when he said , “standing up [for] our seniors by keeping the promise to protect and strengthen Medicare as we did with our health care bill which we saved — waste, fraud […]
06.06.2011

By Robert Romano – Since Sep. 2007, when the recession began, to Sep. 2011, we will have borrowed and spent an additional $6.469 trillion . In addition, since then the Federal Reserve has expanded its balance sheet (minus treasuries purchases) by an additional $1.117 trillion . In fact, the central bank has expanded its balance sheet in total by $1.930 trillion since then, but we’re not going to double-count its […]
06.06.2011

By Howard Rich – The nomination of John Bryson as Barack Obama’s new Secretary of Commerce has been touted in some circles as “the latest in a recent string of moves by the Obama administration to mend relations with the business community.” But is the […]